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Ridgewood Schools : Anyone who is not Vaccinated will be Tested Weekly

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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood School District approximately 60% of faculty, staff, and parents responded to a Voluntary Anonymous Vaccination Survey.

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Research say Not So Fast Writing Off Ivermectin

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Ridgewood NJ, There are more than 100 clinical studies including more than 50,000 people from more than 2 dozen countries showing Ivermectin to be extremely safe and effective treating COVID. 63 of these studies were peer reviewed published placebo controlled studies. A meta-analysis of 14 of these peer reviewed published studies looked at high risk patients who were treated with ivermectin as prophylaxis (preventative) and they saw an 86% reduction in the combined end-point of COVID infections, number of hospitalizations, days hospitalized, the need for a ventilator, days on a ventilator, and deaths.

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Comedian and “Saturday Night Live” Alum Jim Breuer Drops Montclair Show

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Montclair NJ, comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Jim Breuer said in a Facebook Live stream over the weekend that he will not be performing at venues that require proof of Covid-19 vaccination for guests.

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Infectious disease expert, “Using ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug, to treat or prevent COVID-19 is up there with swallowing bleach”

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Hackensack NJ, Using ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug, to treat or prevent COVID-19 is up there with swallowing bleach and blow drying your face, it does not work and can cause serious harm.

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Public outcry following Ridgewood Mayor’s own Facebook disclosure about her vaccination status

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Ridgewood NJ, an August 20, 2021 Facebook post by Ridgewood Mayor Susan Knudsen, in which she posted a photo of herself receiving what some believe to be her first COVID-19 vaccination on that date, has prompted an outcry among many residents, including two (2) who lashed out at her about the issue during Wednesday night’s in-person Village Council Public Meeting.

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NJ TRANSIT TO REOPEN REMAINING RAIL WAITING ROOMS ON SEPTEMBER 7th

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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT customers are welcome to once again use NJ TRANSIT indoor waiting rooms at rail stations that are not staffed with ticket agents beginning Tuesday, September 7th.  Waiting rooms were temporarily closed as a precaution to protect customers and employees against the spread of COVID-19. The station waiting rooms will be open for the same hours they were prior to the pandemic. Waiting rooms with staffed ticket windows have been open since September 2020.

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Labor Day By the Numbers : Almost 1 in 3 Americans Worry About Job Security

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Ridgewood NJ, almost 1 in 3 Americans worry about job security this Labor Day, the personal-finance website WalletHub found in its Labor Day Survey. This nationally-representative survey examines Americans’ Labor Day plans and how people have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside this survey, WalletHub also released its Labor Day Fun Facts report to educate and entertain consumers with stats on all aspects of the holiday – from hotdogs and history to financials and 5Ks.

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Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is associated with an increased risk of myocarditis

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Ridgewood NJ, the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is associated with an increased risk of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), but infection with the virus is associated with a much greater risk of the condition, according to a real-world case-control study published on August 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers analyzed the health records of more than 2 million people who are members of the Clalit Health Services (CHS), the largest healthcare organization in Israel. Vaccination was associated with a 3-fold increase in the risk of myocarditis (risk ratio [RR], 3.24, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.55-12.44), as well as several other conditions including swollen lymph nodes (RR, 2.43; 95% CI, 2.05 to 2.78), appendicitis (RR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.01), and herpes zoster infection (RR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.20 to 1.73).

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US Intelligence Community Report on the Origins of the Novel Coronavirus Runs Cover for China

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Washington DC, The US Intelligence Community on August 24 delivered a classified report to US President Joe Biden that made no conclusions about the origins of the novel coronavirus, including whether the virus was transmitted to humans naturally through an animal vector or if human transmission was the result of a laboratory mishap. The report, some of which is expected to be declassified in the coming days, is the result of an order from President Biden given in late May for the Intelligence Community to provide another, more thorough assessment of the origins of SARS-CoV-2 within 90 days. The report’s lack of conclusions prompted calls from global health experts, scientists, and politicians for a more urgent international effort to find the source of the pandemic in order to inform future pandemic preparedness. According to The Wall Street Journal, 2 senior US officials said a lack of cooperation from China, where the virus is assumed to have originated, hampered the US investigation.

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UPDATE: Westwood and Other Pascack Valley Towns Seek to Understand the Impact of the Pandemic on Local Economies

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Westwood NJ, the Covid-19 pandemic caused an enormous shift in work habits for residents of the Pascack Valley. In order to understand the ramifications on local economies, the following survey was designed by Westwood to be shared with residents, employees, and business owners throughout the Pascack Valley.

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Raising the Alarm Bells on “breakthrough infections” or when Fully Vaccinated Individuals Test Positive for COVID

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Ridgewood NJ, there have been growing levels of concern and conversation surrounding “breakthrough infections,” which are confirmed SARS-CoV-2-positive cases in fully vaccinated individuals. While these cases are still comparatively rare among the larger COVID-19 case burden, experts and the public alike are worried about implications for vaccinated individuals. Most of the recorded breakthrough cases are linked to the Delta variant of concern, which is currently responsible for nearly all new cases in the United States. Encouragingly, a small percentage of breakthrough cases have resulted in severe manifestations of COVID-19 that needed hospitalization.

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Johnson & Johnson announces booster shot provides ‘rapid and robust’ COVID-19 antibody increase

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New Brunswick NJ, Johnson & Johnson announced data supporting the use of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot for people previously vaccinated with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

In July, the Company reported interim Phase 1/2a data published in the New England Journal of Medicine that demonstrated neutralizing antibody responses generated by the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine were strong and stable through eight months after immunization.

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Rutgers : Immune Response to COVID-19 May Be Proportional to Illness Severity and Duration

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New Brunswick NJ, people who have had severe or long-lasting cases of COVID-19 are more likely to have high levels of an important antibody needed to fight against future infection, according to a Rutgers study.

The findings were published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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FDA Renewed its Warning that the Anti-parasitic Animal drug Ivermectin, “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”

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Ridgewood NJ, over the weekend, the US FDA renewed its warning that the anti-parasitic animal drug ivermectin should not be used to treat or prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans. The FDA’s message appeared on Twitter with the statement “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” The tweet linked to the agency’s previous statement posted in March 2021. The reiterated warning came a day after the Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert warning people against using the drug.

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British Documentary Links Wuhan Lab To COVID-19

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New Brunswick  NJ, Britain’s Channel 4 did a genuine public service on Sunday with a film entitled “Did COVID Leak From A Lab in China?” Without a VPN, it’s not available in the U.S. so we’ll summarize its findings: A small vocal group of scientists “stepped way out beyond” the evidence to dismiss those who questioned COVID-19’s origins and labeled them as “conspiracy theorists.”

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